[ True to his word, when next Carver emerges, the bedroom is a little more tidy, and out beyond that, the plates have been cleared from the table, now clean, and Gold is clearing down the last counter. Everything carefully packed away and where it should be.
Some things are better done by hand. It gives him something to do and not think about.
Part of him wondered if he had been about to offer something more...more than round two, anyhow. He would be expected to form a contract with at least one person here, even after quota. And logically he could see the sense in making arrangements for that as quickly has he tried to manage everything else: make it a non-issue before it can become an issue. Choose someone he didn't find objectionable, who didn't seem to hate him.
But there was something crass about that. As cold and transactional as he had tried to keep things thus far, it was clear that in some places, he really could only try. ]
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Some things are better done by hand. It gives him something to do and not think about.
Part of him wondered if he had been about to offer something more...more than round two, anyhow. He would be expected to form a contract with at least one person here, even after quota. And logically he could see the sense in making arrangements for that as quickly has he tried to manage everything else: make it a non-issue before it can become an issue. Choose someone he didn't find objectionable, who didn't seem to hate him.
But there was something crass about that. As cold and transactional as he had tried to keep things thus far, it was clear that in some places, he really could only try. ]